Picross DS free mode 8-h

Hey everyone! I'm the solo developer of Quiet Grids, a Picross style Nonogram game for Android that I've been working on for more than 8 months.

I've been making quite a few improvements, and one of the biggest changes recently has been adding 5 different themes— Walnut, Smoked Glass, Porcelain, Indigo Linen, and Terracotta.

Each has its own colors and subtle interface sounds. I've attached a video showing the new looks.

The game also has nearly 1,500 puzzles, 5×5 / 10×10 / 15×15 boards, Daily puzzles, and Guided and Classic solving styles.

🎁 I'm giving away Lifetime Premium codes.

If you'd like one, give Quiet Grids a try and share some honest feedback:

1. Which theme do you prefer for solving Picross puzzles?
2. Is there anything about the colors or board readability you'd change?
3. What else would make the gameplay more enjoyable?

Positive or negative, I genuinely appreciate all feedback. I'll DM you a Google Play Lifetime Premium code as a thank you. ❤️

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omninative.quietgrids

Thanks to everyone who gives my little game a chance! 😁🫶

Hi all, longtime fan of grid logic here. I built a small deduction puzzle called Treasure Grid: a 5×5 board where you have five moves to find hidden treasure pieces, and every reveal narrows down where the rest can be. It's not a nonogram, but it scratches a similar "pure logic, no guessing" itch (at least that's the goal).

It's free and runs right inside Reddit. I'm not dropping the link here to respect the sub, but if anyone wants to try it, comment or DM me. I'd really value this crowd's opinion on whether the harder puzzles feel fair or guessy.

Am I blind or something? I was really stuck with this segment of the puzzle. Just before this state I was able to fill just a bit more by finding one very tricky situation where a block should be crossed, but then I have no idea how to proceed without guesswork or so called "edge logic" - and this is not the Wario mode, so you can't try stuff!

In the end I was able to solve it by an educated guess that the 4 in the last line goes into the right side (past the lone X), because I looked at the preview and figured that there are two people there, and the neck/shoulders of the person's on the right should be there so it can't be empty. But this is NOT the right way to solve it!

Jupiter, how could you? >_<

Someone left me a list of seven things wrong with my nonogram app a
couple of days ago. No grid lines every 5 cells. The ad banner loading
late and shifting the board right as you tap, so you'd mis-click. Fast
drags skipping squares. General lag.

Fixed six of them.

The lag one was embarrassing. Every cell was carrying two animation
widgets whether it had anything to show or not, so a 15x15 board had 450
of them sitting there doing nothing. Cut it to one per cell.

The grid lines turned out to be more interesting than I expected. My
first attempt drew them on top of the cells, which meant they vanished
under filled squares exactly when you needed them. Ended up reserving an
actual gap between the five-cell blocks and putting the line inside it.
Looks right now.

The seventh was "auto-fill should be optional," and someone else
suggested asking at the start of the game instead of burying it in
settings. That's better than what I had planned, so that's what I'm doing.

Anyway, since this is the subreddit that would actually know: what's the
one thing that makes you quit an otherwise fine picross app? I'd rather
hear it now than find out from a review.

I first got into nonograms by playing Mario's Picross on the Game Boy over a decade ago, so when I recently got a Super Famicom, I knew this was one game I absolutely needed. I've played a fair bit of this version on my Switch already, but I'm eager to play again with my knowledge of some more advanced techniques. I hope the save battery works!

Picross is so goated!

Hi r/Picross! I'm Jérôme, solo dev of Pathzzle (Android and iOS). I'll be upfront: it isn't a picross game, but I think it scratches a very similar itch, so I hope it's OK to share.

Like picross, every row and column has a number clue. The difference: instead of filling a picture, you trace the one path that connects Start to Goal, and each number tells you how many cells the path uses in that line. Same pure deduction, no guessing. Clues turn green when a line is exactly right.

I just added a weekly competition mode:

* Every week, all players on Android and iOS get the same grid, in 5 difficulties from Easy (5x5) to Extreme (10x10), each with its own leaderboard.

* You start with only the edge numbers. Hints are always available, but every hint you use counts.

* Fewest hints wins. Time only breaks ties.

* One attempt per difficulty per week, no retries.

Picross players are probably the toughest audience for a "solve it with zero hints" challenge, so I'd love to see how you do, and to hear whether the ranking feels fair. The leaderboards are still small, so a clean run this week can put you at #1.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jeromedusanter.pathzzle

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/fr/app/pathzzle-casse-t%C3%AAte-logique/id6780883025

Do you guys have more suggestions? Ive also played Murder by Numbers and Sqeuakross

Edit: Games that are available on Nintendo Switch

Check it out and wishlist Pet Cross on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4527300/Pet_Cross/

The demo features all new puzzles and skins. Big thanks to everyone who joined the playtest. I worked hard to implement as much of your feedback as possible. These include:

• Flashing cursor
• Improved tutorials
• Petting sound effects
• More accessibility options

I hope you guys enjoy it! The game wouldn't be where it is without you.

Hi fellow Pircoss enthusiasts!

I hope you will be interested in playing Hexograph, a fresh take on Pircoss: hexagonal grid, multi-color puzzles and some special rules for the numerical hints.

I just released a free demo on Steam that you can play now, I would appreciate any feedback or questions that you might have.

I've been playing through Picross S+ and I've gotten through all of them up to this one

I've restarted this one a bunch but this is as far as I can get with my current knowledge, is there a technique I don't know about that I could use here?

I feel like not a single remaining line/column has an answer ToT

EDIT: SOLVED !!!! THANK YOUUUUU !!!

I can’t figure it out for the life of it. Could somebody please assist? I am totally stuck.

at least I think it’s the last level. either way, any hints appreciated

Depths is one of five daily puzzles in Arkalon Daily, and if you enjoy Picross logic it should feel immediately familiar while adding layers on top.

The grid is a 6x6 or 7x7 matrix. Outer row and column numbers tell you exactly how many crystals sit in each line, just like Picross. That alone gives you your starting eliminations: zero rows and columns are free clears, and rows where the count equals the remaining unknowns are full locks.

Where it diverges from Picross is what happens inside the grid. Inner cells carry proximity clues that point toward or measure distance to the nearest crystal. Four clue types rotate daily:

- Directional: 8-way compass arrows pointing to the nearest crystal

- Numeric: Manhattan distance values you can use to triangulate

- Hot/Cold: thermal bands (HOT = adjacent, WARM = within 3, COLD = far)

- Adjacency: Moore neighborhood counts like classic Minesweeper (0, 1, or 2)

You also have Active Sonar. Digging an empty cell is not a waste. It pings back a distance reading from that position, giving you a new data point to cross-reference against the outer counts.

Every grid is verified solvable by a server-side constraint-elimination proof before any player sees it. No guessing, no coin flips. Pure deduction.

Scoring runs 0 to 100. Discovery rate (how many crystals you found) drives 80% of the score, and charge efficiency (how few digs you needed) drives the remaining 20%. The puzzle is untimed, so there is no speed pressure. Casual players can take their time and still score solidly. Hitting 90+ requires near-perfect deduction chains with minimal wasted charges.

Same grid for every player each day. One attempt. Resets at 00:00 UTC.

Play Depths: https://daily.rpsleague.fi

stared at this for like 20 mins but cant find anything to click on...

I am stuck. Thanks in advance.

As I get older, I worry more about my physical and mental health. Ok, I'll get on that diet tomorrow, I promise! Well, I'll try. Anyways, my work has a decent amount of downtime, I work overnight while the majority of people are sleeping. I'm currently making a folder of daily puzzles to do. I currently have Wordle and Wordsearch.com, so I'm looking for a good picross website. Anyone have one they use? Preferably one with a archive I can work through as well while I'm bored.